CTC 475 - Project 4 (Retirement Spreadsheet)

Use the economic principles you have learned to develop a retirement worksheet. Using the worksheet handed out in class create an excel retirement spreadsheet that includes the following components:

  1. Identify the factors (example: find P given F) of Tables 1, 2 and 3.   In your spreadsheet get rid of the tables by using equations.
  2. Fill out the worksheet for a typical graduate of our program (no names please):
    1. Start working at age 25; no spouse
    2. Retire at 65; years in retirement-30 years
    3. Starting salary: research
    4. Projected annual social security and pension:  research
    5. Simplify the spreadsheet by deleting step 5 (home equity).
  3. Drop off the retirement spreadsheet (excel format) in blackboard.
  4. Compare and critique this worksheet to a retirement program that can be found on the internet.  Drop off the one page comparison via blackboard.